Scientific Information

Other Names:Peliperdix shelleyi

Subspecies: Two now generally recognized, but up to seven
once described; F. s. shelleyi - Patchy and broken, central Kenya and
northern Tanzania, south to Mozambique and Natal; F. s. whytei -
Northern Zambia and Malawi, Southeastern DROC (Democratic Republic of the
Congo, formerly Zaire). Past races include - uluensis, macarthuri,
canidorsalis, trothae and sequestris; all now considered as shelleyi.